Lesson Plans -- Week 6

Lessons the Arts Teach (Elliot Eisner) --

• The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer.


• The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world.

Lesson Plans
Week 6: October 15-17, 20-23.

Kindergarten.
Texture Monkeys. Experiment with texture rubbings with crayon within a monkey shape.
Color Mixing. Students will experiment with color mixing using primary colors to create secondary colors.
913B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

First Grade.
Pumpkin Drawings. Demonstrate contour line in drawing. Students will apply what they learn in an autumn still life.
9.1.3.A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.

Second Grade.
Monster Drawings. Use line and shape in an imaginative way to create a monster.
9.1.3.J. Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

Third Grade. Pueblo Potter. Wrap up pots to take home. If anyone has not glazed their pot yet, they will do so.
How to Draw Books. Students who are finished with clay will choose one of these books to work from. They will read and follow the step-by-step directions to make complex objects using basic shapes.
913J. Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

Fourth Grade. Celtic Knots and Calligraphy. Add the over-under lines and put on display. Review with students what they learned about Celtic art and culture.
How to Draw Books. Students who are finished with knot project will choose one of these books to work from. They will read and follow the step-by-step directions to make complex objects using basic shapes.
913E. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.

Fifth Grade. Acrylic Painting. Students will finish their acrylic paintings. Review: flat color, design elements of repetition and emphasis. Make name card to accompany painting and put on display.

915B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.
913E. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.